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Oct
Alkaline Phosphatase Raised In Pregnancy. Consider growth spurts in adolescents pregnancy in women drugs and age related increases As. ALP is an enzyme produced by liver bones kidneys small intestine and placenta. During the eighteen months following delivery the mean serum alkaline phosphatase activities were significantly raised. An enzyme is a type of protein that catalyzes causes or accelerates chemical reactions in the body.
An isolated raised ALP typically indicates a bone origin therefore we suggest to follow-up with bone profile and PTH particularly if the patient has a normal gamma-GT level. No reference ranges exist for pregnancy - levels will be dependent on size of the placenta. Consequently measurement of serum alkaline phosphatase levels is not a suitable test for the diagnosis of cholestasis during pregnancy. In determining whether a raised ALP is of hepatic or bony origin eg. Alkaline phosphatase is an enzyme. Serum alkaline phosphatase activity increases in late pregnancy due both to the production of the placental isoenzyme and to the increase in bone isoenzyme.
Alkaline phosphatase is produced by the placenta.
During the eighteen months following delivery the mean serum alkaline phosphatase activities were significantly raised. Although obstetricians have observed elevations in serum alkaline phosphatase ALP during pregnancy these typically are not much more than twice the pre-pregnancy upper limit of normal. During the eighteen months following delivery the mean serum alkaline phosphatase activities were significantly raised. Malignancies resulting in expression of ALP-like gene eg. The increase is important in the synthesis of proteins calcification of the cartilage and the bones. Other test of hepatic function eg.